Quick Tahoe/Yosemite Update

November 3, 2014

Three weeks ago we went to Tahoe and we visited one of the top spots there called the Saddle boulders. The drive up was heinous but the boulders were worth it. Tahoe grades have always felt a bit on the easy side and this day was no exception. An awesome V8, then a V9 both second go and finally snuck in another V9 before the end of the day. It is hard to say what makes a good climb; the first two lines are tall and obvious and great easy movement whereas the last one Nietzche’s Girls was close to the ground yet made up of 4 moves each of which required a lot of focus and core… and I had to really try hard for it. I guess in this case the assdragger rates higher in my book.

Here are some pictures taken by Vanessa Avery.

Two weeks ago I made it out to Yosemite for the first Valley trip of the season. We left at 7 when it was pouring rain and after 45 minutes of driving we broke through the storm onto the other side and kept driving away from the storm front. Reached the valley before 11am and had until 3:30 before the storm caught up.
Managed to climb a really great highball called Orion, here is the video magnificently edited by Wade:

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Climbing the Saddle boulders has always been an awesome experience. I can relate on how worthy it is, reaching the boulders’ top. I have written an article regarding my experience at Yosemite too but your journey and everything you have here are just incomparable! Great article! I’m sharing this at Soul id together with my new writings.